First Post and First Mini-Goal Reached
Hi all, I've lurked here occasionally but just registered and this is my first post. I can't believe how fat I've become, I'm a 30 year old male and I think I weighed around 330 lbs. about 2 months ago. Not sure exactly because I didn't weigh myself but that is what I weighed when I was at the doctor's office several months before that. About 2 months ago I FINALLY started to exercise and eat better. I've been working out 4 to 5 days a week, mostly lift weights (pretty intensely) and starting up with cardio.
Mini-goal reached: Not an official mini-goal I planned and not related to pounds. But I just found that some shirts I bought online last summer that ended up not fitting (I was barely able to button them), all now fit nicely. I know its silly but it feels SO good. I weighed myself recently and was around 290 lbs. I don't think I lost an entire 40 lbs. over the past 2 months so maybe I started a little lighter than 330, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was around there. All of my clothes are looser and I'm down to the last hole in the belt I wear most days, previously I was at the 3rd or 4th from the last hole.
Eating healthy has been pretty easy because of the exercise. When I work out I usually don't even have a craving for unhealthy food that entire day.
In a nutshell my story is this: I have had a weight problem my entire life, it runs in my family. In high school I got up to over 270 lbs. and then started a pretty intense cardio and dieting program. In retrospect it was much easier back then because of how young I was. I got down to around 180 lbs. and was able to more or less maintain it for several years, mostly by lifting weights for those last few years. In my mid-20s I stopped working out, had a really inactive lifestyle, and just ate terribly. The weight just started to pile back on. I put on weight easily, its a sucky situation which I'll have to live with. But at least now I'm much more aware of that fact, hopefully when I take the weight off this time I keep my past experience in my mind and don't let that happen to me again.
Last edited by WSN; 01-08-2009 at 08:57 AM.
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